Behavior patterns and sexual identity of bisexual males
作者:
LeverJanet,
KanouseDavidE.,
RogersWilliamH.,
CarsonSally,
HertzRosanna,
期刊:
The Journal of Sex Research
(Taylor Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 29,
issue 2
页码: 141-167
ISSN:0022-4499
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1080/00224499209551640
出版商: Taylor&Francis Group
关键词: Bisexuality;sexual identity;identity and behavior;sexually transmitted diseases
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Bisexuality may be measured in terms of bisexual behavior or bisexual self‐identity. The relationship between the two is poorly understood. Data from a 1982 survey of readers ofPlayboymagazine are used to examine the identity and behavior of 6,982 men who acknowledged adult sexual experiences with both men and women. Of these, 29 percent described themselves as bisexual, 2 percent as homosexual, and 69 percent as heterosexual in identification. Those with a bisexual identity were more likely to have had homosexual experiences as adolescents and to describe their adult sexual behavior as predominantly or sometimes homosexual rather than predominantly heterosexual. The sexual behaviors reported by bisexual men would place them at intermediate risk of acquiring or transmitting sexually transmitted diseases—higher than exclusively heterosexual but lower than exclusively homosexual men. Results suggest that a definition of bisexuality based exclusively on identity would fail to capture most men with adult bisexual experience.
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